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Application filed May 27, 1,926, Serial No..112,08l6, and in Great Britain January 7, 1926.

This invention is for improvements in or relatingto biscuit jars and like containers, and more particularly refers to jars or containers having a closure which consists of a detachable lid accommodated within a recessed annular seating in a fixed rim mein-'- ber of the jar or container body.

The object of the invention is to provide a jar or container of this kind in which the closure shall be of an airtight character, to thereby maintain the content-s of the jar in perfect condition for consumption.

According to the present invention therefore there is provided a biscuit jar of like container having a closure which consists of a detachable lid accommodated frictionallyV and flexibly within a recessed annular seating of a fixed rim member of the jar or container body, said flexible frictional engagement of the lid being provided by means of a plurality of spring tongues dependent from the periphery of the lid, and said spring tongues being of a configuration such as to exert a downward pull upon the lid, relative to the fixed rim within which they are engageable. Y

There is furtherprovided a biscuit jar or like container, as set forth in the last preceding paragraph, wherein the detachable lid embodies a leather or other flexible ring or washer adapted to ensure its airtight seating engagement on the fixed rim o f the jar or container body. v

In order that this invention may be clearly understood and readily carried into practice, reference may be had to the appended explanatory sheet of drawings, upon which Figure l is an elevation in perspective of a biscuit jar fitted with a lid or closure in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a cross-section of the lid or closure in position u pon the. rim of the jar.

Figure 3 is an inverted plan Vof the lid or closure detached. l

In a convenient embodiment of the'invention, the biscuit jar or like container a. may be barrel-shaped or of other ordinary or suitable form, and may be made of glass, china, wood, or other suitable material, and is provided with a closure which consists of a detachable metallic lid accommodated within a recessed annular seating o in a fixed metallic rim member lc of the jar or container body, this fixed rim c being fitted diamet-rically with the usual bow-'shaped hinged handle y The detachable is of compoundvform comprising a facially superposed pair of metal discs e, f, preferably of slightly Vdomed formation, connected Vconcentrically by a knob or handle 'It andan internal clamping nut z'. The inner disc f is of somewhat smaller diameter then the outer disc e, and between the pair of discs is clamped a leather or other flexible disc or washer j, this flexible disc or washer y' being of a diameter conforming substantially to that of the outer and larger metal disc e, so as to project cirteeaeee vsmall screw niember g having han" external f cumferentially beyond the periphery of the inner and smaller metal disc f, to therebyl provide on the underface of the detachable lid a fiexible annular seating adapted to cooperate With the recessed annular seating b of the` fixed metallic rim member jar or container body.

The inner and smaller metal disc f, of the detachable. lid is formed with a plurality of dependent peripheral tongues le, provided integrally by a stamping and` bending opera- 0 of the tion, these dependent tongues lc, conveniently three in number, being of aY flexible character and of an outwardly bowed for-y l mation, the arrangementV being such that k' the series of tongues is engage frictionally and flexibly within andslightly beneath the i inner periphery of the fixed metallic rim c," as shown in Figure 2, and thereby exert. a resilient downward pull on the lid, thus maintaining the flexible seating ring j of the lid in efficient airtight contact with the recessed annular seating b of the fixed metallic bodyrim c.

vWhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. In a biscuit jar or like container, a closure which consists of a fixed ymetallic rim member ofthe container body, a recessed annular seating in said rim, a detachable lid engageable within said seating, and a plurality'of spring tongues dependent from the periphery of said lid so as vto be .frictionally and flexibly engageable within said rim, said tongues being of a configura tion such as to exert upon the lid a downward pull relative to the fixed rim.

2.l In a biscuit jar or like container. a closure which consists of a fixed metallic rim 

